fitter
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈfɪtər/
:
sastre
- When Dad was my age, he was a steampipe fitter.
Examples
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He visited a professional fitter to get his cycling gear adjusted for comfort.
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Are you a welder or a machinist or a pipe fitter?
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Your father was a pipe fitter.
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Our next guest, father worked as a pipe fitter in a San Francisco shipyard bending steel.
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Besides, Bin was an amateur painter and calligrapher, though officially he was a fitter.
Fiction book (2000) -
I was a gas fitter I was like a plumber, only you're fitting gas appliances.
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Jenkins is a 40-year-old married man with a 17-year-old son and works full-time as a cable fitter for a large telecommunications company.
Academic text (2012) -
In Morgan City, Louisiana, hundreds of Mexican skilled craftsmen work as welders, fitters, and carpenters in local shipyards.
Academic text (2003) -
An experienced fitter helped her adjust her wedding dress for a perfect fit.
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The local shop has a skilled fitter who can tailor suits for any occasion.
Synonyms
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2.9
To make or change clothes so they fit a person
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3.6
A woman who sews clothes for a living
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3.5
A person who makes dresses and other women's clothes to order
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3.4
A person who makes shirts to fit each customer
A person who makes and alters clothes
A person who sews or fixes clothes for a living
A man who designs and makes clothes for women like dresses
A person who makes clothes by sewing
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.7
A worker who installs and repairs pipes that carry water, gas, or steam
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fitter comes from the verb fit, which means 'to make something the right size' or 'to attach'. So a fitter is a person who makes or adjusts clothes or other things so they 'fit' someone or something.